634 ICOSANDRIA. POLYGYNIA. Potentilla. 
Three-toothed Cinquefoil. Discovered by Mr. G. Don, on a moun¬ 
tain called Werron, and on the eastern rocks of Clova, in Angus-shire. 
P. May—June. E.) 
(2) Leaves digitate. 
P. argen'tea. Leafits quinate, wedge-shaped, jagged, cottony be¬ 
neath : stem ascending. 
E. Bot. 89— FI. Dan. 865— Matth. 1020— J. B. ii. 398. c. l—H. Ox. ii. 19. 
11 . 
Stems numerous, woody, reclining, a foot or more in length, cylindrical, 
downy, forked upwards. Branches axillary. Leaf-staUcs of the lower 
leaves long, gradually shortening upwards. Leaves green above, white 
and cottony underneath ; lower ones alternate, with five divisions ; seg¬ 
ments wedge-shaped, entire towards the base, but wing-cleft towards 
the ends. Floral-leaves with one or three strap-shaped, entire, segments. 
Calyx downy, as long as the blossom. Petals small, yellow, soon shed¬ 
ding. Robs. 
Silvery or Hoary Cinquefoil. Meadows and pastures in a gravelly 
soil. Side of the turnpike road in the parish of Holt Castle, Worcester¬ 
shire. Mr. Ballard. On Blackheath. Mr. Jones. About Harrowgate 
plentiful. Mr. Robson. (Hill of Kinnoul, Perth ; between Dorking and 
Bletchworth, Surry; between Hexham and Beaufront, Northumber¬ 
land ; near South Shields, Durham. Mr. Winch. E.) P. June—Sept. 
P. rep'tans. Leaves quinate: leafits obovate, serrated: stem creep¬ 
ing : stalks axillary, single-flowered. 
(E. Bot. 862— FI. Dan. 1164. E.)— Kniph. 7— Ludw. 116— Curt. — Woodv. 
59— Wale. — Lonic. i. 216. 2— Fuchs. 624— J. B. ii. 397— Lonic. i. 216. 1 
— Blackw. 454— Matth. 1018— Ger. 836. 1— Dod. 116. 1— Lob. Ic. 690. 1, 
Obs. 393. 3— Ger. Em. 987. 1— Pet. 41. 3— Park. 399. 1— II. Ox. ii. 
19. 7. 
( Peduncles solitary, longer than the leaves.' Calyx hairy. Petals yellow, 
large. E.) Stem sometimes extending several feet. Fruit-stalks cy¬ 
lindrical. Leaves opposite, in pairs, segments ending in purplish 
points. Leafits sometimes three. Flower-scales spear-egg-shaped, in 
pairs. TormeniiUa replans has been thought a var. of this ; but, not to 
mention other differences, P. rep tans has a creeping stem striking out 
roots at the joints, T. replans a trailing stem not striking root. Afzel. 
Mr. Dawson Turner, however, states, that a plant of T. reptans trans¬ 
planted into his garden three years ago, has by culture gradually 
approached nearer and nearer to Potentilla, till it is now hardly to be 
distinguished from it, and of its flowers at this time almost equal propor¬ 
tions bear four or five petals. E.) 
Common Creeping Cinquefoil. Five-leaved Grass. (Irish: Meagigh. 
Welsh: Pumnalen gyffredin ymlusgaidd. E.) Meadows, pastures, and 
road sides. P. June—Sept.*' 
P. ver/na. (Root-leaves of five or seven sharply serrated, furrowed 
leafits, hairy at the margins and ribs beneath: stems proeum- 
* The red cortical part of the root is mildly astringent and antiseptic. A decooction of 
it is a good gargle for loose teeth and spongy gums. Horses, cows, goats, and sheep eat it. 
